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tbc Wcslcyan Rlrgus.
THE COLLEGE PAPER.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY AND
ITS STUDENTS.
VoL. 9. BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1902. No. 6.
THROUGH YELLOWSTONE PARK
ty A. S. Hammond.
(Continued from last week.)
The:point at-whichthe road crosses
the continental divide is made famous
by whatis known as Two Ocean Pond,
a small body of water right on top of
the mountain, having an outlet at
each end. One of these streams goes
to the Atlantic Ocean by the Missouri
River, the other to the Pacific Ocean
by way of the Columbia River. The
scenery at this part of the road is very
beautiful. Being one of the highest
points in the park, it furnishes a view
of nearly the whole of it. Along here
is what i known as Shoshne- 'Point.
From this point you may look across
the valley about 15 miles and see Lake
Shoshone on the top of another moun-tain
at about the same elevation as
the point on which you are standing.
After crossing the-divide and de-scending
on the Atlantic side, the way
soon leads to Yellowstone Lake, which
is the largest lake at its elevation in
North America. The road then con-tinues
for about 15 miles along the
edge of the lake and is a beantiful
drive. There are seven hot spring
areas around the lake, those near the
west arm being the most interesting.
They comprise over 60.hot springs and
paint pots and several geyser cones,
bne of which rises above the lake sur-face
just a few feet from shore, stand-ing
upon which you may catch fish in
the lake, and dropping them into the
hot water of the cone, cook them
withoutremoving them from the hook.
The water of nearly all of these
springs has the delicate blue tints
noticeable in so many of the springs
in the park. Near here there is a
paint pot very much like the one pre-viously
referred to. The lake con-tains
about 150 square miles and is
somewhat like a human hand in shape,
and has an elevation of 7,788 feet.
The Yellowstone River is the sole
outlet of this lake, along which the
road leads to the falls. On the road
are the mud geysers. There are sev-eral
large craters filled with blue,
pasty-looking mud, emitting odors far
from agreeable. The most noticeable
of these craters is the Mud Volcano,
situated at the base of a cliff. The
funnel-shaped crater is 35 feet in
depth, formed by mud ejected from
below from a cave-like :opening, out
of which a sickening lead-colored mass
of mud is constantly belched, accom-panied
by a dullnmuffled roar, in a
manner at once repulsive and fascin-ating.
Not far beyond this the road crosses
Hayden Valley, the great natural
game preserve of the United Statesi
The road follows along the river, and
soon one may.notice a quickening in
the current, which gradually increases
until abouta ,quarter of a mile above
the Upper Falls it becomes a rapids.
Here it tumbles over a series of cas-cades.
Just above the falls the river
makes a sharp turn to the east, at
which point can be obtained a beauti-ful
view of the falls and the rapids
above. The Upper Falls has a per-pendicular
fall of 140 feet, and the
waters, striking on the shelving rock
formation, shoot out rocket-like col-umns
plainly seen from above. A
quarter of a mile below this fall, the
river takes another leap.
Just before we left the road to go to
the Upper Falls we were stopped by a
soldier who inquired where we had
camped the night before. We thought
nothing about it and went on. Soon
after leaving thd road, the first
glimpse of the Grand Canyon is ob-tained.
Inspiration Point may also
be seen some three miles away. The
river's course: can be plainly followed
by the eye to the brink of the falls,
where it suddenly disappears to be
seen again a great distance below,
meandering like a slender ribbon be-tween
the frowning walls of the can-yon.
There is a trail leading to the
top of the lower falls, following which
you soon stand upon the very brink of
the canyon overlooking the awful
plunge of seething waters. At this
point the river is some 250 feet in
width, but soon narrrows to about 75
feet. While this is not the best view
of the falls, it is certainly the best
view of the canyon.
Looking down the canyon, Point
Lookout is seen rising 1200 to 1500 feet
above the river. This peak gives
probably the best combined view of
the falls and canyon. The fall is not
the highest nor yet the widest in the
world, but it has a majestyand beauty
of its own. The shelf of rock over
which it leaps is perfectly level.. T he
water seems to pause a moment on
the edge, then it goes with a single
bound to the gorge 360 feet below.
As we came back from the Lower
Falls, we were met by the same sol-dier,
who was kind enough to inform
us that we were under arrest. We
could get nothing out of him, and did
not know until we were taken to the
army post, where we were informed.
There is a law in the park which says
that all camp fires must be carefully
extinguished, and we were held on
suspicion of not having complied with
this law. As soon as as we had the
particulars we were not much frigh-tened,
for where we had camped was
not where the fire was found. We
made all kinds of protests, but it
would do no good, as we were ordered
to proceed to Fort Yellowstone, near
the northern entrance. Thatevening
we went on to Fort Norris, where
we camped for the night, and next
morning were taken on to the fort.
When we arrived there, we went be-fore
the Major in command of the
fort and were there informed that we
were at liberty, as they had captured
the ones who had left the fire.
We really did not miss anything by
the experience as we had to come
back over the same road. At the
northern entrance there are many

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tbc Wcslcyan Rlrgus.
THE COLLEGE PAPER.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY AND
ITS STUDENTS.
VoL. 9. BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1902. No. 6.
THROUGH YELLOWSTONE PARK
ty A. S. Hammond.
(Continued from last week.)
The:point at-whichthe road crosses
the continental divide is made famous
by whatis known as Two Ocean Pond,
a small body of water right on top of
the mountain, having an outlet at
each end. One of these streams goes
to the Atlantic Ocean by the Missouri
River, the other to the Pacific Ocean
by way of the Columbia River. The
scenery at this part of the road is very
beautiful. Being one of the highest
points in the park, it furnishes a view
of nearly the whole of it. Along here
is what i known as Shoshne- 'Point.
From this point you may look across
the valley about 15 miles and see Lake
Shoshone on the top of another moun-tain
at about the same elevation as
the point on which you are standing.
After crossing the-divide and de-scending
on the Atlantic side, the way
soon leads to Yellowstone Lake, which
is the largest lake at its elevation in
North America. The road then con-tinues
for about 15 miles along the
edge of the lake and is a beantiful
drive. There are seven hot spring
areas around the lake, those near the
west arm being the most interesting.
They comprise over 60.hot springs and
paint pots and several geyser cones,
bne of which rises above the lake sur-face
just a few feet from shore, stand-ing
upon which you may catch fish in
the lake, and dropping them into the
hot water of the cone, cook them
withoutremoving them from the hook.
The water of nearly all of these
springs has the delicate blue tints
noticeable in so many of the springs
in the park. Near here there is a
paint pot very much like the one pre-viously
referred to. The lake con-tains
about 150 square miles and is
somewhat like a human hand in shape,
and has an elevation of 7,788 feet.
The Yellowstone River is the sole
outlet of this lake, along which the
road leads to the falls. On the road
are the mud geysers. There are sev-eral
large craters filled with blue,
pasty-looking mud, emitting odors far
from agreeable. The most noticeable
of these craters is the Mud Volcano,
situated at the base of a cliff. The
funnel-shaped crater is 35 feet in
depth, formed by mud ejected from
below from a cave-like :opening, out
of which a sickening lead-colored mass
of mud is constantly belched, accom-panied
by a dullnmuffled roar, in a
manner at once repulsive and fascin-ating.
Not far beyond this the road crosses
Hayden Valley, the great natural
game preserve of the United Statesi
The road follows along the river, and
soon one may.notice a quickening in
the current, which gradually increases
until abouta ,quarter of a mile above
the Upper Falls it becomes a rapids.
Here it tumbles over a series of cas-cades.
Just above the falls the river
makes a sharp turn to the east, at
which point can be obtained a beauti-ful
view of the falls and the rapids
above. The Upper Falls has a per-pendicular
fall of 140 feet, and the
waters, striking on the shelving rock
formation, shoot out rocket-like col-umns
plainly seen from above. A
quarter of a mile below this fall, the
river takes another leap.
Just before we left the road to go to
the Upper Falls we were stopped by a
soldier who inquired where we had
camped the night before. We thought
nothing about it and went on. Soon
after leaving thd road, the first
glimpse of the Grand Canyon is ob-tained.
Inspiration Point may also
be seen some three miles away. The
river's course: can be plainly followed
by the eye to the brink of the falls,
where it suddenly disappears to be
seen again a great distance below,
meandering like a slender ribbon be-tween
the frowning walls of the can-yon.
There is a trail leading to the
top of the lower falls, following which
you soon stand upon the very brink of
the canyon overlooking the awful
plunge of seething waters. At this
point the river is some 250 feet in
width, but soon narrrows to about 75
feet. While this is not the best view
of the falls, it is certainly the best
view of the canyon.
Looking down the canyon, Point
Lookout is seen rising 1200 to 1500 feet
above the river. This peak gives
probably the best combined view of
the falls and canyon. The fall is not
the highest nor yet the widest in the
world, but it has a majestyand beauty
of its own. The shelf of rock over
which it leaps is perfectly level.. T he
water seems to pause a moment on
the edge, then it goes with a single
bound to the gorge 360 feet below.
As we came back from the Lower
Falls, we were met by the same sol-dier,
who was kind enough to inform
us that we were under arrest. We
could get nothing out of him, and did
not know until we were taken to the
army post, where we were informed.
There is a law in the park which says
that all camp fires must be carefully
extinguished, and we were held on
suspicion of not having complied with
this law. As soon as as we had the
particulars we were not much frigh-tened,
for where we had camped was
not where the fire was found. We
made all kinds of protests, but it
would do no good, as we were ordered
to proceed to Fort Yellowstone, near
the northern entrance. Thatevening
we went on to Fort Norris, where
we camped for the night, and next
morning were taken on to the fort.
When we arrived there, we went be-fore
the Major in command of the
fort and were there informed that we
were at liberty, as they had captured
the ones who had left the fire.
We really did not miss anything by
the experience as we had to come
back over the same road. At the
northern entrance there are many